Solaris 2.5 x86 Driver Update 2 Overview & Instructions The Solaris x86 Driver Update is the mechanism by which new device drivers and video support are distributed to our customers. LEGEND: * - New support in this release; u - Updated support in this release Solaris 2.5 x86 Driver Update 2 includes support for the following devices: DISKS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Enhanced IDE / ATAPI (IDE CD-ROM) SCSI Host Adapter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * Adaptec AHA-2940U, AHA-2940UW (see NOTE 1 below) Adaptec AHA-274x/AHA-284x, AIC-7770 u Compaq 32-Bit Fast-SCSI-2 (53c710 - EISA add-in card) u Compaq Integrated 32-Bit Fast-SCSI-2 (53c710 - ProLiant 2000, 4000) * Compaq Integrated 32-Bit Fast-SCSI-2/P (53c810 - ProSignia 300, 500) * Compaq Integrated 32-Bit Fast-Wide SCSI-2/E (53c825 - ProLiant 4500) * Compaq Integrated 32-Bit Fast-Wide SCSI-2/P (53c825 - ProLiant 1500) * Compaq 32-Bit Fast-Wide SCSI-2/P (53c825 - PCI add-in card) RAID CONTROLLERS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mylex DAC960P (PCI)/DAC960E (EISA) ETHERNET - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - u Compaq Netflex-2 DualPort ENET, NetFlex-2 ENET-TR Controller (Ethernet only) * SMC EtherPower (21040)(8432BT/8432BTA) * SMC EtherPower (21041)(8432BT/8432BTA) FAST ETHERNET - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Asante EtherFAST 10/100 (100MB support only) * Cogent EM100TX * Cogent EM110TX (100MB support only) * SMC EtherPower 10/100 PCI (SMC 9332) * Znyx EtherXtend ZX342 VIDEO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ATI Graphics Pro Turbo (ATI Mach64) ATI Graphics Xpression (ATI Mach64) ATI WinTurbo (Mach64) ATI Mach64CT (Rev 1 and 2) * Boca Voyager 64 * Compaq ProSignia 300 (Cirrus Logic GD5424) Compaq QVision 1280 Compaq QVision 2000E * Compaq QVision 2000 (Rev. G) * Diamond Stealth 64 Graphics 2000 (S3 Trio64 and S3 Vision864) Diamond Stealth 64 Video 2000 (S3 Vision868) Diamond Stealth 64 Video 2001 (S3 Trio64V+) Diamond Stealth 64 Video 3000 (S3 Vision968 with TVP or IBM RAMDACs) * Diamond Viper Pro (P9100) * Diamond Viper SE (P9100) Intel Professional/GX (High Resolution) (ATI Mach32) u Matrox MGA Millenium Oak Technology OTI-107 S3 Trio64V+ chipset * STB Powergraph 64 Video (S3 Trio64V+) MP Modules - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Intel MP Specification 1.1-compliant systems u Compaq ProLiant (Triflex) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *******IMPORTANT***********WARNING**********IMPORTANT************** NOTE 1: Our testing has uncovered a problem in the firmware used with the AHA-2940U, AHA-2940UW, and embedded HBAs that use the AIC-7880 controller chip (models of the Adaptec HBAs that use the AIC-7870 chip are not affected). This firmware problem may occasionally cause the SCSI bus to hang in a state from which it can not be recovered without doing a hard reset, potentially corrupting data on your disks. So far this problem has only occurred on test systems after several hours of very heavy I/O stress testing using multiple SCSI devices. Because of the serious nature of this problem, an updated version of the adp driver will be provided as soon as this problem is fixed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= The Solaris 2.5 x86 Driver Update 2 release consists of the following components: Device Driver Set: - Solaris 2.5 x86 Driver Update 2 REALMODE Boot Diskette du2bt1.Z -- 3.5" compressed dd image du2bt1.zip -- 3.5" zipped dd image - Solaris 2.5 x86 Driver Update 2 SOLARIS Boot Diskette du2bt2.Z -- 3.5" compressed dd image du2bt2.zip -- 3.5" zipped dd image - Solaris 2.5 x86 Driver Update 2 Distribution Diskette (patch format diskette) du2d1.bin -- 3.5" uncompressed dd image du2d1.zip -- 3.5" zipped dd image Video Set: - Solaris 2.5 x86 Driver Update 2 Video-1 Diskette (patch format diskette) du2vid1.bin -- 3.5" uncompressed dd image du2vid1.zip -- 3.5" zipped dd image Documentation Set: - Solaris 2.5 x86 Driver Update 2 Guide du2ps.Z -- compressed postscript format du2ps.zip -- zipped postscript format du2txt.Z -- compressed ASCII text format du2txt.zip -- zipped ASCII text format - Solaris 2.5 x86 Video Driver Update 2 Guide du2vps.Z -- compressed postscript format du2vps.zip -- zipped postscript format du2vtxt.Z -- compressed ASCII text format du2vtxt.zip -- zipped ASCII text format Some of these diskettes may not be required for your particular installation. Please refer to the Solaris 2.5 x86 Driver Update 2 Guide and the Solaris 2.5 x86 Video Driver Update 2 Guide for instructions. The uncompressed (*.Z) and the unzipped (*.zip) files produce identical diskette image files. For each diskette image you only need to download ONE of these two file formats. Driver Update 2 is available on diskette or electronically via the Internet (the World Wide Web and anonymous ftp sites), CompuServe, and the Sun's internal ftp server (newstop.ebay). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOWNLOADING FILES FROM THE WORLD-WIDE WEB To obtain files from the Access1 Web Page: 1) Open URL http://access1.sun.com/gateway/drivergate/driverMain.html click on "Solaris Driver Update 2." You will be presented with a list of all diskette images and documents available to download. 2) Download the desired files by selecting the filename and then specifying a local filename when prompted. An alternative WWW site for Driver Update 2 is SunSITE USA, at http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/sun-info/solaris-x86/sunsoft-drivers/2.5/DU2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOWNLOADING FILES VIA ANONYMOUS FTP (from ftp.uu.net) To obtain the files using ftp: 1) Use ftp to connect to ftp.uu.net: 'ftp ftp.uu.net' 2) At the login prompt, use 'anonymous'. 3) For the password, use your complete email address. 4) At the ftp prompt, set file type to "binary" ftp> binary [RETURN] 5) cd /vendor/sun/solaris/x86/2.5/DU2 6) 'get' the desired files ftp> get [RETURN] 7) Quit the FTP session: ftp> quit [RETURN] Alternative anonymous ftp sites for DU2 are: SunSITE USA (sunsite.unc.edu) in the directory /pub/sun-info/solaris-x86/sunsoft-drivers/2.5/DU2 Sun's internal anonymous ftp server (newstop.ebay) in the directory /sun/Solaris/x86drivers/2.5/DU2. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOWNLOADING FILES FROM COMPUSERVE To obtain files from CompuServe, establish a CompuServe session and at the prompt type "go sunsoft". Proceed to the Solaris x86 Library ("lib 9"). You can then download the ZIP archives which contain the diskette image files you need. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CREATING DISKETTES FROM DOWNLOADED FILES Files with .zip or .Z extensions must first be uncompressed. Utilities to uncompress files of either type are widely available for UNIX, DOS, and Microsoft Windows systems (CompuServe, and the SimTel archives which are mirrored on the anonymous ftp sites wuarchive.wustl.edu and oak.oakland.edu, are good sources for DOS and Windows utilities.) To uncompress a .Z file, type: uncompress To unzip a .zip file, follow the instructions appropriate for your unzip program. The uncompressed images must then be copied to diskettes with the dd command. (A DOS version of this command may be found in ftp.uu.net:/vendor/sun/solaris/x86/dd.exe) Under UNIX: dd if=filename of=/dev/rdiskette bs=1024k Or, alternatively, if you are using a Solaris system running Volume Manager (vold): volcheck dd if=filename of=/vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 bs=1024k eject floppy0 Under DOS: dd filename A: Finally, follow the instructions in the Driver Update Guide to install the update. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ANY OF THE ABOVE: ---------------------------------------------- Call 1-800-SUN-SOFT, option #3 "software upgrades" and request the Solaris 2.5 x86 Driver Update 2, Part No. ISOS-240-FP3-DU2. SunSoft will send you the driver update diskettes. Or FAX your name, address, and phone number to 415-691-1158 and specify which Driver Update release you need to receive. (Solaris 2.5 x86 Driver Update 2, Part No. ISOS-240-FP3-DU2.) SunSoft will send you the driver update diskettes. If you're outside the US and Canada, call 310-348-8677. You can also FAX questions to 310-348-8601.